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The Jade Bracelet

Yin Chi waited in the narrow corridor outside his parent’s ninth floor apartment. His knock stirred activity inside, and he

This is a true story about my time as a teenager in the UK. Remind me never to wear a

So, I needed to get a key cut today (no, don’t yawn…). But could I bloody well find anywhere that

I thought my rival for his affection was his daughter, born on Valentine’s Day. She was five years old. He

A light dusting of snow covered the lawns and the rooftops of the red brick homes I passed at 7:00

Blessed are romantic idiots, for they will inherit heartbreak and weird looks and sometimes the earth. I am drinking a

“We can go some other time,” Eve says to the dashboard. Paul glances at her. He turns back to peer

You place your napkin in your lap and see that you are still wearing your apron. You smile. The table

“Experience makes good people better.” “How does it do that?” “Through their suffering.” “I’ve had enough

The Coyles gather for ice cream on vacation in Maine, Aug. 26, 2012. “He was a player,” my cousin, Kim said.